The Batman: Comic References You Might Have Missed

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This article contains spoilers for The Batman.After years of waiting, The Batman is finally in theaters. And while there have been many films over the years that feature the Caped Crusader in the starring role, this may be the single most comic-accurate one of them all.

The Batman draws so much inspiration from the stories that came before it that it might be easier to list the aspects of the film that aren’t homaging something else. But while many of the film’s references to past comics and other adaptations are overt, others are much more subtle. Here’s a list of just a few of the comic references in The Batman that you might not have picked up on.

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While The Batman takes influence from plenty of famous Batman comics, its biggest influence might be Batman: The Long Halloween, the iconic miniseries by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. The very premise of the film echoes that of the comic — Batman is in his second year of fighting crime, and he’s forced to investigate a string of serial murders with the help of Jim Gordon. But while the main antagonist of The Long Halloween is the mysterious Holiday, who targets Gotham’s mob, The Batman instead features the Riddler killing corrupt city officials.

But aside from the central plot of the film, The Batman features plenty of subtler references to The Long Halloween. For instance, at the mayor’s funeral, Carmine Falcone (played by John Turturro) recounts the story of when Thomas Wayne saved his life, operating on him on the dinner table while a young Bruce Wayne watched from above. This very scene, exactly as Falcone describes it, was depicted in a flashback in The Long Halloween.

And speaking of Falcone, the reveal that he’s the father